Weekly Schedule for Interns
The internship at KU is designed to meet the most stringent hour requirements of any state board of psychology. In order to provide a 2000 hour internship without restricting the vacation allowed interns as full-time university professional staff, interns' weekly schedule during the academic semesters is 40 hours. A minimum of 500 hours (out of the 2000 total hours) must be direct client contact (i.e., initial assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, triage, urgent care and urgent care follow-up sessions).
Guideline for Weekly Allocation of Interns' Hours
Direct Client Sessions |
|
Initial Assessments (intake) |
2.0 |
Individual Therapy |
14.0 |
Triage Block(for screening and urgent care sessions) |
2.0 |
Group Therapy |
1.5 |
Total Direct Client Sessions |
19.5 |
Other Direct Service Activity |
|
Clinical Supervision of Practicum Student |
1.0 |
Provision of Outreach Services and/or supervision of Mental Health Peer Educators |
1.0 |
Preparation for Supervision |
2.0 |
Case management, Records and Other Activities |
3.0 |
Total Other Direct Service |
7.0 |
Individual Supervision Received |
|
Individual Supervision w/Primary Supervisor |
2.0 |
Individual Supervision Re: Group |
0.5 |
Individual Supervision w/ Secondary Supervisor |
1.0 |
Group Supervision Received |
|
Group Supervision of Supervision |
2.5 |
Group Supervision of Outreach |
1.0 |
Total Supervision Activity |
7.0 |
Other Training Activities |
|
Intern Meeting |
1.0 |
Assessment & Evaluation Seminar |
1.5 |
Clinical, Multicultural, Professional Issues Seminar |
2.0 |
Case Consultation Seminar |
1.0 |
Preparation for Seminars, Other Activity |
1.0 |
Total Other Training |
6.5 |
TOTAL PER WEEK |
40.0 |